Filling

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An act or instance of filling.
  • n. Something used to fill a space, cavity, or container: a gold filling in a tooth.
  • n. An edible mixture used to fill pastries, sandwiches, or cakes: a pie filling. See Regional Note at frosting.
  • n. The horizontal threads that cross the warp in weaving; weft.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach
  • n. Anything that is used to fill something.
  • n. The contents of a pie, etc.
  • n. A piece of amalgam used to fill a cavity in a tooth.
  • v. Present participle of fill.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency
  • n. The woof in woven fabrics.
  • n. Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which fills, or fills up; anything used for occupying a vacant space, completing a structure or fabric, or stopping up a hole: as, the filling of a wall, of a pie, or of a tooth.
  • n. Specifically Carpeting of solid color, used to fill up recesses outside of bordered carpets, or to cover the whole floor where rugs are used.
  • n. The woof- or weft-thread of a woven fabric.
  • n. In needlework, any plain stitch which serves to fill considerable spaces.
  • n. In lace-making, the simple stitch which serves to cover the surface of parts of the pattern, as leaves, petals, and the like. Filling may either be plain or have a geometrical or simple pattern within itself, as described under escalier-lace.
  • n. In house-painting, a coat applied to fill up inequalities, etc., as those resulting from the grain of wood; also, the operation of obliterating such inequalities, as by the application of such a coat.
  • n. A raised embankment or elevated permanent way, as a part of a railroad, formed of loose stones, gravel, or other material.
  • Calculated to fill, satisfy, or satiate: as, a filling diet.
  • n. In wooden ship-building, a piece of timber placed between the frames to fill up the spaces and give greater strength. When placed in the bottom, between the floor-timbers, such pieces are called filling-timbers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. flow into something (as a container)
  • n. any material that fills a space or container
  • n. the act of filling something
  • n. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
  • n. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
  • n. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    thread    yarn   
    Cross Reference
    filing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    packing    replenishment    repletion    fill    stuffing    charged   
    Verb Stem
    fill   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Trilling    billing    chilling    dilling    distilling    drilling    fulfilling    grilling    hilling    instilling   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    shortcake    topping    amalgam    casserole    coleslaw    fritter    sardine    glaze    pudding